Classical Music Playlist, August 1, 2025
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) | Photo: Library of Congress
Alfredo Casella (25 July 1883 – 5 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor who entered the Paris Conservatory at age 13 where he studied composition under Gabriel Faure and a couple of his fellow students were Maurice Ravel and George Enesco. From 1927 to 1929 he was the principal conductor of the Boston Pops, where he was succeeded by Arthur Fiedler.
A composer of extraordinary versatility, Casella's broad range of styles got him called a “musical chameleon.” Composed later in life, in 1937, on request of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra on the occasion of their 50th anniversary season, Casella considered his neo-classical Concerto for Orchestra (Op. 61) to be "a wide-ranging work in which I could sum up all my orchestral experience." Casella's exuberant Concerto for Orchestra is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor BWV 996
Paul Galbraith, guitar
6:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Carlmaria Rodrigues, viola; Colin Carr, cello
6:47 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
6:56 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: August "Harvest Song" Opus 37
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
7:01 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 95 in C minor
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Olga Kern, piano
7:45 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl's Moving Castle)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:10 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:42 a.m.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Ciacona for Organ in E minor BUX 160
Simon Preston, organ
8:49 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Monteverdi Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Julian Bream, guitar
9:23 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Julius Caesar Overture Opus 128
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto for violin, flutes, oboes, strings in G major S 213
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale in F major Opus 31
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
10:15 a.m.
William Byrd
The Earl of Oxford's March
Canadian Brass; Robert Moody, conductor
10:20 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Alfredo Catalani
Ero e Leandro (Hero and Leander) - Symphonic Poem
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D major RV 93
I Musici Siegfried Behrend, guitar
11:10 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Missa Mater Patris: Agnus Dei
Chanticleer
11:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
11:50 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Omphale's Spinning Wheel (Le Rouet d'Omphale) Opus 31
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Terry Barber, countertenor
Jennifer Reason, host
12:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:40 p.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello & continuo "Le Carillon" in E minor Opus 26/4
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
12:52 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
12:59 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata in D in D Opus 78
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
1:52 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Overture in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Alfredo Casella
Concerto for Orchestra Opus 61
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
2:39 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Quartet for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in D minor
Camerata Koln
2:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Serenade Opus 46
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Sheila Arnold, piano
3:15 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6 in C minor Opus 58
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D major
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano; Radu Lupu, piano
4:37 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 2 Opus 18
Alexandra Oehler, piano
5:19 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Gulbenkian Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
LOCAL ARTIST FEATURE: Terry Barber, countertenor
Jennifer Reason, host
6:15 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
String Quartet "Intimate Voices" (Voces Intimae) in D minor Opus 56
Guarneri Quartet
6:45 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: II. Intermezzo in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
6:52 p.m.
Michael Torke
Saxophone Concerto: Second Movement
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor John Harle, saxophone
